Pulp Pavilion (2015 R+D First Award)

For Los Angeles design firm Ball-Nogues Studio, one of the world's largest music festivals was ideal for debuting a building material it had been developing for years: recycled-paper pulp. Ball-Nogues designed a pavilion made of seven 20-foot-tall woven “trees” that joined together in a latticed roof.

Project: Pulp Pavilion
Design Firm: Ball-Nogues Studio

(2015 R+D Awards recipient)

R+D Awards
ARCHITECT magazine’s annual R+D Awards program honors the research and technologies that have advanced the profession at every scale—from design strategies and building products to fabrication methods, installations, software, and materials.